Sudbury Valley School allows students to do whatever they want; no curriculum, tests, homework, or even classes unless requested. 82% of students get accepted to college, as opposed to the 63% national public school average.
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The French named one of their aircraft carriers after Ferdinand Foch, a man who once said "Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value".
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At the time of your birth, you were, for a few seconds, the youngest person on the planet.
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There are more nerve cells in the human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
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Tae Kwon Do is only around 60 years old.
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Author J K Rowling wrote the final chapter of the last Harry Potter book in "something like 1990", seven years before the release of the first book.
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The best diamonds are colored blue-white.
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The sound you hear when you crack your knuckles is actually the sound of nitrogen gas bubbles bursting.
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